Microstructural engineering of the Si-C-Al-O-N system

Ceramic Transactions

Volumn 178, Issue , 2006, Pages 63-78

  Marc Flinders, R ^a   Ray, Darin ^a   Anderson, Angela ^a   Cutler, Raymond A ^a  

^a CERAMATEC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ADDITIVES; FRACTURE MODES; MICROSTRUCTURAL ENGINEERING; RIETVELD ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM; FRACTURE; HARDNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SINTERING; TOUGHNESS;

SILICON ALLOYS;

EID: 33644805631     PISSN: 10421122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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